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' W. M. GARTSHORE.

' GREAMBR GAGE 0R INDICATOR. N0. 554,Z59. Patented Feb. 11, 1896.

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\VILLIAM MOIR GARTSIIORE, OF LONDON, CANADA.

CREAMER GAGE OR INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,259, dated February1 1, 1896.

Application filed March 12, 1894. Serial No. 503,261. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it Duty concern:

Be it known that I, TILLIAM MOIR GART- SHORE, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Britain, and a resident of the city of London, in the Province ofOntario, Canada, have invented a new and useful Creamer Gage orIndicator, of which the following specification, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, forms a full, clear, and exactdescription.

lleretofore creamer-cans have been provided with a creamer gage orindicator formed of a brittle, artificial, transparent substance, suchas glass, which is easily fractured and is very often broken whenhandled to such an extent as it is in connection with a creamercan orwhen subjected to the action of heat Any break or fracture of thisgageglass renders the creamer-can useless, all of which is avoided andcompletely prevented by using to said creamer-can, as will behereinafter first fully set forth and described, and then pointed out inthe claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a creamercan, illustrating theapplication of my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail sidev view ofa layer of the transparent substance of which my creamer gage orindicator is formed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail side View of a plateformed with an elongated opening. Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged detailperspective views of Wrappers, the bodies and flanges of which areseamless. Fig. 6 is a side view showing the first wrapper enveloping theplates shown in Figs. 2 and Fig. 7 is a side view of the plates shown inFigs. 2 and 3 enveloped in both wrappers.

A designates the creamer-can, B the valve for drawing off the milk, andO the creamer gage or indicator. One of the purposes for which it isused is to indicate the depth of cream in said can A.

cl designates a measuring-register formed on the wrapper g.

a designates a plate formed with an elongated opening b.

designates an interior or first wrapper formed with an elongated opening0 and with the seamless or other suitable flange r. The plate a is firstplaced on or against the trans parent plate f. These plates at and f arethen placed in the wrapper 6, so that the opening b in the plate a willcome opposite the opening 0 in the plate 6. The flange r is then folded,as shown in Fig. 0, and when folded is tightly compressed with orwithout a packing of rubber or other suitable material on the plates fand a.

g designates an additional wrapper formed with an elongated opening aand with a seamless or other suitable flange s. This opening n isadjusted opposite the opening 0, and the flange s of the wrapper g isthen folded, as shown in Fig. '7, and the folds are tightly C0111-pressed on the wrapper c to form a liquidtight joint between saidwrappers c g and plates f and a. These wrappers e g and plate a may beformed of any suitable material, but preferably of metal. hen formed of"thin metallic plates they are soldered or otherwise secured over anopening formed in the body of the creamer-can A.

.By forming a creamer gage or indicator of a transparent natural mineralsubstance, as the opposite of an artificial substance, the naturalmineral substance is cheaper because it is used in its natural state,while the other substance referred tois artificial-that is, it is madeby compounding other substances, thereby making itmore expensive-and byforming a creamer gage or indicator of an elastic transparent naturalmineral substance, as the opposite of a brittle or artificial substance,all breaking or fracturing of this elastic substance is avoided and completely prevented, whereas the other substance is brittle andvery-liable to be and is easily broken or fractured, which renders thecreamencan useless; and, again, by forming a creamer gage or indicatorof an elastic transparent natural mineral substance, such as mica, itscharacteristics are not impaired by the action of any extreme of heat,whereas the action of heat where the creamer-gage is formed 01" glasswould be very liable to fraeture the latter. The substance which Iprefer to use for this purpose is mica; but foliated talc, gypsum, orother similar elastic or flexible substance may be used, and while Iprefer the construction shown for securing the gage to the can I do notlimit myself to the details thereof, as they may be modified in variousWays without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A plate of mica, incombination with the plate a and wrappers e and g formed with theopenings, Z) 0 and 11 respectively, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. A creamer gage or indicator, formed of an elastic or flexibletransparent natural mineral substance, in combination with the plate aand wrapper formed with the openings Z) and 0 respectively, and thewrapper 6 formed with a seamless flange o" substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

A creamer gage or indicator formed of an elastic or flexible transparentnatural mineral substance, and a plate, a, formed with an opening, I),in combination with the wrappers, e, g, formed with the openings, 0, and'71, and seamless flanges, r, s, respectively, substantially as and forthe purposeset forth In testimony whereof I have signed in the presenceof the two undersigned witnesses.

XVILLIAM MQIR GARTSIIORE.

\Yituesses:

P. J. EDMUNDs, S. MOBAIN.

